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Pleeeaaassseee Mattel. Shell out some dough and allow the 4H to make 100% unique sculpts for Blast Attak as was done 20 years ago.

When I said I could see him looking something like Optikk, I was referring to the arms and legs, which are shared by other characters with cybernetic parts like Trap Jaw and Roboto. I would imagine that they would give him a new torso/armor and head.

I think (hope) this matter has been answered by Toyguru on the MattyCollector forums ...

Originally Posted by Toyguru

Rest assured, when we get to a figure like Buzz Off or Whiplash, etc... who needs the vintage insect legs, of course they will have them. We'll be following the look of the vintage figures, and if they need new parts, they will get them!

With any luck this policy should hold true for all vintage character sculpting (sans action features which we already know we will not get). Thus I will be expecting Blast Attak to have arms and legs modelled on his vintage figure, not cheap knock-offs of Trap Jaw/Kronis.

I think (hope) this matter has been answered by Toyguru on the MattyCollector forums ...

With any luck this policy should hold true for all vintage character sculpting (sans action features which we already know we will not get). Thus I will be expecting Blast Attak to have arms and legs modelled on his vintage figure, not cheap knock-offs of Trap Jaw/Kronis.

I dunno but I read that TG quote like this:

Originally Posted by Toyguru
Rest assured, when we get to a figure like Buzz Off or Whiplash, etc... who needs the vintage insect legs, of course they will have them. We'll be following the look of the vintage figures, and if they need new parts, they will get them!*

*=If we cannot reuse any parts then we'll have no choice but to make new parts... (Zodak and Optikk are examples of this. I believe Webstor was meant to use different parts, like the vintage toy, but ended up reusing Skeletor's IIRC)

FINALLY!! GLIMMER IS IN MY SHELF!! Crita is coming... Now I NEED SONGSTER! The Awesometastic Bard!

Always loved this character as a kid. Its really too bad there will be no action features. I mean, this character was created based on an action feature!
Maybe someday Mattel will change their minds and start producing figures with action features on a limited basis. Its like Stinkor with no stink.

i like what you have been saying Captain Atkin. i like the idea of re usable parts. no action feature. i defiantly want this figure.

his ax weapon can be modified & maybe through in another weapon like a heavy blaster or bomb.

anyone ever read the mini comics that had blast attack? wasn't blast attacks personality a bit mad or crazy? that made him different than the other villains. i really like this guy & wish they make him in the near future.

Blast attak has to be able to split in half. period. that can be accomplished without any mechanisms & whatnot. if fans make a big stink over panthor & mossman having to be flocked, then blast attak definitely has to be able to split in half, like his one & only figure did.

he'll always be a part of the snakemen to me, since that's how he was introduced in the minicomic that he came with. And since he had no cartoon appearances that's the story i go with.

I was just thinking about this character last night and had a thought: "what if they don't make Blast-Attack because, fundamentally, he's a suicide bomber?".

I personally think that would be rediculous, but I also don't own a giant multi-national toy company either.

What do you guys think?

Agree, today it would be insane and highly criticized for a toy company to sell a sucide bomber figure. I think that we will see this (stupid) figure in the next few years though as long as the line will be sold to collectors only, online. We'll never see him in the retail for that reason.

I hope that if they decide to make this figure they create a dedicated mould.

Oh, heck yes! Orko's ripcord is found as a motif on his wand-I think Blast Attack's trigger cord, Dragstor's ripcord, and anything else like that should be turned into some sort of wicked new accessory for Classics!

Agree, today it would be insane and highly criticized for a toy company to sell a sucide bomber figure. I think that we will see this (stupid) figure in the next few years though as long as the line will be sold to collectors only, online. We'll never see him in the retail for that reason.

I hope that if they decide to make this figure they create a dedicated mould.

He's not really anything like a suicide bomber though, since he doesn't actually commit suicide. He can reform himself after exploding, and besides, he's a robot.

don't know how many existing parts could be reused for blast attack, but, for the action feature, mattel could use the double torso as seen on king hssss, or something like this (kayodo revoltech, hokuto no ken zeed):

You all know I really want to see Blast Attak! I know a lot of people think of him as a generic looking robot but to me he looks like Frankenstein monster. He just has a real steam punk quality about him. The double torso idea is one I think would be a great way to show off his "action feature".

You all know I really want to see Blast Attak! I know a lot of people think of him as a generic looking robot but to me he looks like Frankenstein monster. He just has a real steam punk quality about him. The double torso idea is one I think would be a great way to show off his "action feature".

I have always thought that Blast Attack was MOTU's version of Frankenstein! It is surprising that he wasn't a member of the Horde, as the original 5 all seemed to represent classic movie monsters.

Some people think he is a robot, but I think is a cyborg, as his face looks organic.

Originally Posted by KingRandor82

y'know, parents can always go on eBay and buy vintage toys for their kids.

And they can always show their kids stuff on Youtube or DVD that would never be permitted on TV today (or to be fair, even before the '70s).

Do people still literally believe that unless it's on TV( which virtually no one even watches anymore) or currently in stores, kids--and their respective parents--don't have access to it? Really?

There are some adults who may take offense to a character who is essentially a walking time bomb, who can be viewed by some as being a "suicide bomber" for the bad guys. Don't get me wrong, I love the classic figure. But I wouldn't have a problem updating the character so that blowing apart wasn't his primary function.

but i have a further curiosity about this guy:
what his main weapon is supposed to do? i mean, it's basically a pole-axe (with a similar design than rotar's one), and it's quite obvious what it's aimed to, but, what all the other stuff on it could be used for?

Some people think he is a robot, but I think is a cyborg, as his face looks organic.

There are some adults who may take offense to a character who is essentially a walking time bomb, who can be viewed by some as being a "suicide bomber" for the bad guys. Don't get me wrong, I love the classic figure. But I wouldn't have a problem updating the character so that blowing apart wasn't his primary function.

I'm re-posting this from the ''Real Names. Who looks like what..." thread. I never had Blast-Attak as a kid & honestly didn't know anything about the figure or really care. But I wrote this up last night & it's funny that from a simple joke & doing some research on this figure to write my 'bio', I'm actually really excited to get this figure in MOTUC now! Enjoy!

Blast-Attak
Evil Blast-Apart Robotic Warrior

Real Name: Michael Bay

Growing up on Eternia Blast-Attak had only one dream: to make action movies with the biggest pyrotechnics possible. Blast-Attak's ambition and aggressive personality eventually turned his dreams into reality. He created a number of large budget action films to entertain the Eternian people, a few of which featured the famous actor Man-E-Faces. The financial, if not critical, success of Blast-Attak's films led him to use ever larger explosives which he believed translated to bigger and better action. Blast-Attak's final fateful filmmaking experience came during a filming sequence of one of his popular movie franchises featuring magical changing robots in which Blast-Attak was to create the largest on-screen explosion in the history of moviemaking. Blast-Attak was somehow caught in the explosion with one of the magical robots and was 'transformed' into an Evil exploding robot! Some say that either Skeletor or King Hssss masterminded the creation of Blast Attak, but no one knows for sure. Either way, when a Horde Trooper & Mosquitor sneak up on Blast-Attak, suddenly... BOOM!

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